It was reported that during a conversation with the physician, it was stated that the xience sierra drug eluting stent (des) presents a post-ballooning elongation of approximately 1 or 2mm.When the stent is implanted and post-dilatated with an unspecified high-pressure balloon, the stent appears to elongate in the lesion.However, this does not impede the choice or use of this device.The physician had no specific procedure or patient in mind when he made this comment.The delivery system and balloon are removed from the anatomy without issue.There were no reported adverse patient effects and no reported clinically significant delays due to this observation.No additional information was provided.
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